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Bitburner cover art

Bitburner

Fulcrum Games · 2021-12-10

Steam

Free To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 10, 2021 (Linux), Dec 10, 2021 (Mac), Dec 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

95%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

You, the player, take the role of an unknown hacker in a dark, dystopian world. The game provides a variety of mechanics and systems that can be changed through coding and solved or automated in whatever way you find suitable.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 500 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 8,792 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
94994920212026Week of 2021-12-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
61.2%
earned "Free money!"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,5543%98

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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